Qatar Airways announced that it will expand its operations in Iran in spite of the unilateral sanctions re-imposed by the US against Iran.

"Qatar Airways is pleased to announce that it will expand its operations in Iran with the launch of a new twice-weekly direct service to Isfahan International Airport starting from February 4, 2019, as well as introducing increased services to Shiraz and Tehran, from early January 2019," Qatar Airways announced in its statement released on Monday.

It noted that Isfahan will become the airline’s fourth non-stop gateway to Iran, joining Tehran, Shiraz and Mashhad, with the service operating from Doha each Monday and Friday by an Airbus A320 aircraft, featuring 12 seats in Business Class and 132 seats in Economy Class.

"Three extra weekly flights will be introduced to the Shiraz service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, taking the route to daily operation from 2 January 2019," the statement added.

On June 5, 2017 some Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have officially severed ties with Qatar and closed air, road and sea lines with the country to put it under political and economic blockade.

These countries set out 13 conditions for resuming relations one of which was severing ties with Iran.

But Qatar considers it as breaching its national sovereignty and has not so far accomplished it.

Iran and Qatar by maintaining logical, principled relations which are based on international regulations are standing against avarice demands of some countries and coordinating their policies as regard regional issues.

In a relevant development on August 26, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said Tehran is seeking strong and deep relations with Doha.

Stressing the importance of offering the business people and investors in the two countries with incentives, President Rouhani said strengthening port and maritime cooperation and establishing a joint shipping line between Iran and Qatar can accelerate the process of bilateral trade.

Qatar's ultra-light crude oil grades bore the full brunt of the recent return of Iranian condensate supply, with spot differentials for deodorized field condensate hitting multi-year lows, but uncertainty over the renewal of Iranian sanctions waivers could prop up the Qatari grade in the near term.

Exxon and Qatar Petroleum will proceed with a $10 billion expansion of their Golden Pass liquefied natural gas import terminal in Texas to turn it into an export facility as well, Reuters reports, citing source familiar with the matter.

Iron ore concentrate production of major Iranian mining companies stood at 41,919,926 tonnes in the first eleven-month of current Iranian year (March 21,2018-February19,2019),up 19 percent year-on-year.

Me-Metals – In the seventh ceremony of the world prize of the Asian Superior Knowledge Organization and after the evaluation by the international experts of the MAKE world prize, Kashan Amir Kabir Steel Co. succeeded to join the country’s Superior Knowledge Organization and became one of the reputable brands in the world.

Me-Metals – Saad Abdi – Planning and Observation Manager of National Iranian Copper Industries Co. (NICICO) said: With maximum production, execution of developmental plans, localization and making use of the experiences of the predecessors at the four main axes of the copper company, we have been able to implement the production program of 1397 - the solar year - (equal to half of 2018 and half of 2019).

Iranian billet export offer continues to fall from last few weeks. Offers decreased by around USD 10/MT W-o-W to around USD 365-370/MT FoB. Last week, billet export offers of Iran were noted to be around USD 370-380/MT FoB.

Stahlwerk Thüringen GmbH, a company of Brazilian Grupo CSN, has awarded SMS group the order to supply a new CCS® (Compact Cartridge Stand) universal stand U1 for its section mill in Unterwellenborn, Germany.

Siam Yamato Steel Thailand, one of the most important steel producer in Far East, specialized in high quality finished long products, has chosen Danieli, and in particular Danieli Telerobotlabs as main partner in the migration process to robotics, taking a fundamental step towards Industry 4.0.

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